MCLC: SUTD position

[Denton, Kirk]

MCLC LIST
From: Tommy Lee <tommylee at sutd.edu.sg>
Subject: SUTD position
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Lecturer/Teaching Fellow for ŒWorld Civilisations and Texts¹ (Job ID
503752)

 
The Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences program at the Singapore
University of Technology and Design, a new research  university
established in collaboration with MIT, invites applications for a
full-time lectureship in teaching a two-semester cross-cultural core
course entitled World Civilizations and Texts. Students are expected to
read key texts from different regions and cultural groups and to engage
in intensive discussions revolving around fundamental issues that emerge
from the texts. The course  goals include critical thinking and writing
skills. The position requires a completed Ph.D. in a humanities discipline
including comparative literature, history, philosophy, religious
studies,or cultural studies. Applicants with knowledge of Chinese, South
Asian, or Islamic  literature and culture are especially welcome, but
other areas of focus will be considered.

 
Applicants should  be able to contextualize and teach both pre-modern and
modern texts from one of these global cultures, as well as have a
scholarly competence in a second  global culture.Fluency in an East or
South Asian language or Arabic a plus.

 
Please visit our website at www.sutd.edu.sg <http://www.sutd.edu.sg/> for
more  information on the job requirements and application.